An Exclusive Excerpt from Nina Tassler’s New Book, What I Told My Daughter

Most of us know Nina Tassler as a long-time programming executive at CBS – most recently Chairman of CBS Entertainment, and now an advisor to the network. She recently took on the challenge of editing What I Told My Daughter, a collection of profound essays about concerns mothers have for their daughters written by a diverse group of women including Whoopi Goldberg, Nancy Pelosi, Marie Osmond, Madeleine Albright, Gloria Estefan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Brooke Shields, Laura W. Bush, Gloria Allred, Sharon Osbourne, Dana Walden, Roma Downey, Blythe Danner and Christine Baranski. We are proud to present an exclusive excerpt from this important book, which was recently published by Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. -- along with a special introduction written by Tassler exclusively for MediaVillage.

Nina Tassler is Advisor and former Chairman, CBS Entertainment. She spent more than a decade as head of entertainment programming for the network, where she shepherded such hit series as “CSI,” “NCIS,” “The Big Bang Theory,&rd...
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